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(11) | EP 3 185 352 A1 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | WIRELESS ELCTRONIC TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR MOBILE PHONE |
| (57) The object of the invention is a wireless electronic communications device, in particular
a mobile phone, consisting of a transceiver (1), display (2), keyboard (3), antenna
(4) to be used with GSM 2G 800/900/1800/1900 MHz radio frequencies, characterized
in that the antenna (4) is mounted in the antenna socket (6) inside a casing (5),
wherein the antenna socket (6) from the back of the casing (5) is made in the form
of a notch, whose vertical walls are spatially shaped, preferably along a wavy serrated
line. The circumferential length of the wavy edge line (Lz) to the length of the inner
contour of the notch (L) satisfies the relationship: where Lz - circumferential length of the wavy edge line L - length of the inner contour of the antenna socket (6) notch. |
[0001] The object of the invention is a wireless electronic communications device, in particular a mobile phone.
[0002] Wireless communication electronic devices, such as a mobile phone, a tablet are known, which consist of a transceiver, a display, a keyboard, an antenna. Antennas used in electronic devices generate electromagnetic radiation to some extent absorbed by living tissues, which is measured by SAR factor. Radiation adversely affects the health of the user of the device.
[0003] In known wireless electronic communications devices, the antenna is positioned generally at the outer perimeter edge of the casing and is directly surrounded by the casing made of a non-conducting material, usually plastic.
[0004] Because of the placement of the antenna directly under the casing, at the place where the casing is in direct contact with the face of the user, absorption of radiation by the user takes place quickly and the absorption rate is large. For this reason, radiation of the antenna can directly affect the health of the user when using the device, especially when making phone calls through this device.
[0005] In other known electronic communications devices the casings are made of metal, in particular aluminium. These devices use slot antennas, wherein the antenna is placed under the casing on one of the poles of the device and the slot that allows the emission of the radiation is performed in the casing at the opposite pole. The disadvantage of this solution is that the slot is made in the casing in the area where the user holds the device during use, which means that the radiation directly reaches the user.
[0006] Another disadvantage of this solution is that the placement of the antenna in a metal casing substantially deteriorates the characteristics of the omnidirectional antenna.
[0007] This disadvantage is further compounded by the fact that the entire device becomes the antenna. This is due to the fact that the dimensions of the antennas are much smaller than the wavelength. In this situation, the antenna should be treated as a radiating element close to a point source, which may be reinforced by the metal casing.
[0008] The object of the invention relates to limiting the extent of absorption of the radiation generated by the radio wave antennas used in electronic communications devices. The invention also relates to improving the characteristics of omnidirectional antennas working in electronic telecommunications devices.
[0009] The object of the invention is a wireless electronic communications device, in particular a mobile phone, consisting of a transceiver, a display, a keyboard, an antenna to be used with GSM 2G 800/900/1800/1900 MHz radio frequencies, characterized in that the antenna is mounted in an antenna socket which is made in the form of a notch from the back of the casing, whose vertical walls are spatially shaped, preferably along a wavy serrated line. The feature of the notch is such that the circumferential length of the wavy edge line Lz to the length of the inner contour of the notch L satisfies the relationship:
where
Lz - circumferential length of the wavy edge line
L - length of the inner contour of the antenna socket notch.
[0010] Preferably, the casing is made of a conductive material such as titanium, aluminium or steel.
[0011] Preferably, the external surface of the antenna socket is lined with a shielding layer made of a material shielding electromagnetic waves, preferably from the side of the display.
[0013] The object of the further invention is a wireless electronic communications device, in particular a mobile phone, consisting of a transceiver, a display, a keyboard, an antenna to be used with GSM 2G 800/900/1800/1900 MHz radio frequencies, characterized in that the antenna is mounted in an antenna socket inside a casing, whereas the external surface of the antenna socket is lined with a shielding layer made of a material shielding electromagnetic waves.
[0016] The invention, due to placing the antenna in the properly performed antenna socket, including the use of characteristically shaped notches in the back of the antenna socket casing, and the use of a shielding layer made of a suitable material enables to reduce the absorbed radiation emitted by the antenna, while allowing for a more uniform directionality of the antenna.
[0017] Reducing the radiation by the shielding layer and its placement inside the casing reduces the interaction with a metal casing, by removing surface currents generated on an elongated edge of the antenna socket.
[0018] The invention described in the embodiments is shown in detail in the drawing, in which fig. 1 shows two types of antenna socket notch at the back of the phone casing, fig. 2 shows a rear view of a mobile phone casing with a marked notch, fig. 3 shows an A-A view of fig. 2 with a marked shielding layer, fig. 4 shows an enlarged notch in the back of the phone casing, fig. 5 shows the placement of an antenna in an antenna socket with a notch with a regular line, fig. 6 shows the placement of an antenna in an antenna socket with a notch with a irregular line.
Example 1.
[0019] A mobile phone consists of a transceiver 1, a display 2, a keyboard 3, an antenna to be used with GSM 2G 800/900/1800/1900 MHz radio frequencies. The antenna 4 is mounted in an antenna socket 6 inside a casing 5 made of titanium.
[0020] The antenna socket 6 from the back of the casing is made in the form of a notch, whose vertical walls are spatially formed along a regular wavy serrated line.
[0021] As shown in Fig. 4 and fig. 5, the circumferential length of the wavy edge line L is 120 mm, whereas the length of the inner contour of the notch Lz is 176 mm. The height of a recess h of a wavy line is 2 mm.
[0022] The external surface of the antenna socket 6 lined from the side of the display 2 with the shielding layer 7 made of metalized fleece of TP-4 type, secured at the edges with a 38 µm self-adhesive copper foil with a conductive adhesive.
[0023] For the purpose of checking the characteristics of a directional antenna in the antenna socket with a notch in the casing two types of notches were performed in the phone casing - a notch along a straight line and a notch according to the invention along a wavy serrated line as described above. Both of these notches are shown in fig. 1.
[0024] The measurements of the characteristics of a directional antenna were performed for selected frequencies of used radio bands. The measurements were performed in an anechoic chamber to eliminate the influence of external interference, the distance of the tested device from the reference antenna was 2.4 m.
[0025] The device tested as an antenna located in a titanium phone casing together with a shielding layer was placed at a distance of 2.4 m from the reference (transmitting) antenna.
[0026] The parameter measured was the level of the signal received by the antenna placed in the tested device. The measurements were performed in an automated manner for all possible settings of the tested device.
[0027] A minimum span of the signal level variation (max-min) for a window comprising 80% of all measurement points was adopted as a comparison parameter. The results are shown in table 1.
[0029] Table 1. The results of comparative measurements of standard mobile phone and a phone with a notch along the wavy serrated line according to the invention for a minimum span of signal level variation (max-min) for a window comprising 80% of all measurement points.
| Frequency [MHz] | A phone with a notch along a straight line The range of signal changes [dB] | A phone with a notch along a wavy serrated line of example 1 The range of signal changes [dB] |
| 800 | 9.26 | 6.46 |
| 950 | 6.82 | 6.98 |
| 1800 | 7.46 | 6.89 |
| 1950 | 7.35 | 6.90 |
Example 2.
[0030] The phone is manufactured as described in Example 1, however, the casing 5 is made of steel and the antenna socket 6 from the back of the casing 5 is made in the form of a notch whose vertical walls are spatially formed along an irregular wavy serrated line, as shown in fig. 6. The height of a recess h is a minimum of 2 mm.
The circumferential length of an irregular wavy edge line Lz is 232 mm, whereas the length of the inner contour of the notch L is 120 mm.
Example 3.
[0031] A mobile phone consists of a transceiver 1, a display 2, a keyboard 3, an antenna 4 to be used with GSM 2G 800/900/1800/1900 MHz radio frequencies. The antenna 4 is mounted in the antenna socket 6 in the casing 5, whereas the external surface of the antenna socket is lined from the side of the display 2 with a shielding layer 7 made of copper foil.
1. A wireless electronic communications device, in particular a mobile phone, consisting
of a transceiver (1), a display (2), a keyboard (3), an antenna (4) to be used with
GSM 2G 800/900/1800/1900 MHz radio frequencies, characterized in that the antenna (4) is mounted in the antenna socket (6) inside a casing (5), wherein
the antenna socket (6) which is made in the form of a notch from the back of the casing
(5), whose vertical walls are spatially shaped, preferably along a wavy serrated line,
wherein the circumferential length of the wavy edge line (Lz) to the length of the
inner contour of the notch (L) satisfies the relationship:
where
where
Lz - circumferential length of the wavy edge line
L - length of the inner contour of the antenna socket notch (6).
2. The wireless electronic communications device, according to claim 1, characterized in that the casing (4) is made of a conductive material.
3. The wireless electronic communications device, according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the external surface of the antenna socket is lined with the shielding layer (7)
made of a material shielding electromagnetic waves, preferably from the side of the
display (2).
4. The wireless electronic communications device according to claim 3, characterized in that the shielding layer (7) is made of copper foil.
5. The wireless electronic communications device according to claim 2, characterized in that the casing is made of titanium or aluminium or steel.
6. The wireless electronic communications device, in particular a mobile phone, consisting
of the transceiver (1), the display (2), the keyboard (3), the antenna (4) to be used
with GSM 2G 800/900/1800/1900 MHz radio frequencies, characterized in that the antenna (4) is mounted in the antenna socket (6) inside the casing (5), whereas
the external surface of the antenna socket is lined with the shielding layer (7) made
of a material shielding electromagnetic waves.
7. The wireless electronic communications device according to claim 6, characterized in that the shielding layer (7) is lined from the side of the display (2).
8. The wireless electronic communications device according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the shielding layer is made of copper foil.